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Corrie v Eastenders
Thought i'd start a thread about the weighing up of Corrie and Eastenders..........good things and bad things about each soap......reply and post which wins best category
1.Pub - Queen Vic or Rovers Return 2.Theme tune - EE theme tune or Corrie theme tune 3.Male acting ability - EE actors or Corrie actors 4.Female acting ability - EE actresses or Corrie actresses 5.Humor - EE or Corrie 6.Setting - Albert Square or Coronation Street 7.Villain- EE Phil M or EE Trevor or Corrie Richard H 8.Channel - BBC or ITV 9. Variation and intrest of storylines - EE or Corrie 10. Best soap - EE or Corrie reply with 1-10 voting EE or Corrie then ee and corrie out of 10 |
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mine would be...
1. Queen vic 2. EE tune 3. Corrie actors 4. EE actresses 5. EE 6.Albert square 7.Corrie Richard H 8. BBC 9. EE 10. EE Corrie = 2/10 EE= 8/10 |
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1. Queen Vic
2. EE 3.EE actors 4. Corrie actresses 5. Corrie 6. EE 7.Trevor EE(still makes me feel creepy now...sometimes Hillman was laughable) 8.BBC 9.EE 10.EE Corrie 2/10 EE 8/10 too |
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Pub - Queen Vic (of course)
2.Theme tune - EE 3.Male acting ability - EE actors (just about) 4.Female acting ability - EE 5.Humor - corrie 6.Setting - Albert Square 7.Villain- EE Trevor (i think richard was just not believable at all) 8.Channel - ITV 9. Variation and intrest of storylines - Corrie 10. Best soap - EE EE 7/10 Corrie 3/10 |
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1.Pub -queen vic
2.Theme tune - n/a .Male acting ability - eastenders 4.Female acting ability - eastenders 5.Humor - corrie 6.Setting - coronation street 7.Villain- richard hillman funny and sinister 8.Channel - iTV 9. Variation and intrest of storylines - corrie 10. Best soap - tough one but id say corrie (at present) ee-4/10 corrie-6/10 |
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ermmm dont wanna seem pedantic but surely it would be out of 9 as you didnt really give an answer for question 2
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1. Queen Vic
2. Eastenders Tune 3. Eastenders Actors 4. Eastenders Actresses 5. Humour in Coronation Street 6. Seting: Coronation Street 7. Richard Hillman Villian 8. ITV 9. Coronation Street 10. Corornation Street EE: 4/10 Coronation Street: 6/10 |
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Corrie 10/10 EE 0/0
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Its good to see a few people sticking up for Corrie! Here are mine:
Pub: Queen Vic Theme tune: Eastenders Male acting ability: Coronation Street Female acting ability: Coronation Street Humour: Coronation Street Setting: Coronation Street Villain: Richard Hillman Channel: ITV Variation and interest of storylines: Coronation Street Best soap: Coronation Street Eastenders: 2/10 Coronation Street: 8/10
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Dreary...sorry unable to get to your site
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Pub, theme tune and setting - EE
Corrie wins the rest at the moment, though to be fair acting is variable in both shows - some excellent stuff from helen Worth, June Brown - some awful stuff too! |
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Pub - Queen Vic
Theme tune - EE theme tune Male acting ability - EE actors Female acting ability - Corrie actresses Humor - Corrie Setting - Coronation Street Villain- Corrie Richard H Channel - No preference Variation and interest of storylines - EE or Corrie (50:50 in both) Best soap - Corrie (for the moment anyways) And finally, my ratings at present moment Eastenders 6/10 and Corrie 7/10 |
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I have to say all my votes go to Eastenders so 10 for them and 0 for Corrie
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all to corrie 10/10 EE 0/10 ee dusnt to anything for me corrie lead the way.
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1.Pub - Rovers Return.
It's warm and friendly and snug. Just how a pub should be. The Queen Vic is too big and bright and busy. 2.Theme tune - EE theme tune or Corrie theme tune Well the Corrie theme tune has years of experience behind it, but Eastenders wins for those dramatic thuds which mean you know it's going to be a cliffhanger. 3.Male acting ability - EE actors or Corrie actors Coronation Street. It has some of the most well known, experienced actors in the country: Curly Watts, Mike Baldwin, Ken Barlow. Also, I'm fairly certain it has the best new talent too - Joe Carter, David Platt. 4.Female acting ability - EE actresses or Corrie actresses Coronation street, for the same reason as above. Coronation Street characters always seem much more believable. 5.Humor - EE or Corrie Well that HAS to go to Coronation Street again. Eastenders is just plain depressing. 6.Setting - Albert Square or Coronation Street Weatherfield for me is a much more believable setting, I live up North too. Albert Square seems to be stuck in a time hole, nobody has a washing machine and a row breaks out when somebody erects a satellite dish. Coronation Street is just a normal neighbourhood setting. 7.Villain- EE Phil M or EE Trevor or Corrie Richard H Definately Richard Hillman. In the space of two years Corrie bosses developed a fully three dimensional character who we got to see every side of. Years on in Eastenders, and Phil Mitchell is still a two dimensional thug, steadily turning into his brother Grant. 8.Channel - BBC or ITV I watch more shows on ITV1 than on BBC1, and presentation-wise, ITV1 wins for me. 9. Variation and intrest of storylines - EE or Corrie Both soaps vary their storylines and are always trying new things, but for me, Coronation Street has shown it can be successful with all sorts of storylines, from Killer Corrie to Corrie Heat and now the latest goings on. Coronation Street has fully dimensional characters who stay true to their character. Just look at Blanche and her many boyfriends! Excellent stuff. 10. Best soap - EE or Corrie Coronation Street - that's why they won all those awards! Sexiest Male and Sexiest Female are nothing to be proud of at all. If Coronation Street hired a slapper and a fit bloke to sit silently in the Rovers they'd have won those awards too. |
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Interesting to see different opinions. Each to their own - but 0 to Corrie and 10 to EE? Even diehard EE fans think Corrie is funnier than EE!!!!
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1.Pub - Queen Vic. The Rovers seems a bit of a dingy, backstreet hovel at the best of times. 2.Theme tune - EE theme tune - for the drums and because I can't stand the 'blarey' opening to the Corrie music. 3.Male acting ability - EE actors or Corrie actors. Can't really separate them at the moment. Though I have to question why anyone would hold up Curly Watts as a good example. 4.Female acting ability - EE actresses. Natalie Cassidy, June Brown, Pam St Clements, Kacey Ainsworth, Jessie Wallace. Proven quality. 5.Humor - Corrie. It's always had a comic tradition which EE can't match (though it has improved since Alfie Moon arrived). 6.Setting - Albert Square or Coronation Street. AS probably edges it because it's got a tube link to central London! Other than that, neither really appeal much. 7.Villain- EE Trevor. A truly frightening, brilliantly realised menacing villain whose storyline owed nothing to pantomime. 8.Channel - BBC or ITV. Err....Channel 4. Then BBC. 9. Variation and interest of storylines - EE or Corrie. EE over recent years, Corrie just lately. 10. Best soap - Corrie at the moment. In the longer run I feel EE has had the better writers, storylines and acting. Quote:
Originally posted by chrisbailey Corrie have hired slappers and fit blokes and stuck them in the Rovers - thing is people didn't find them as sexy as Kat and Alfie because they didn't have the humour, the attitude and charisma to compete. Credit where it's due, FGS! Sexiest Male and Sexiest Female are nothing to be proud of at all. If Coronation Street hired a slapper and a fit bloke to sit silently in the Rovers they'd have won those awards too. [/b] I have to ask - is this just a North vs. South thing for some people? Because that's the impression I get from some of the posts in this thread. Just wondering......
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I have to ask - is this just a North vs. South thing for some people? Because that's the impression I get from some of the posts in this thread. Just wondering......
I'm in Wales - previously in the Midlands...so should that have put me at 5 for each? Not sure if its got anything to do with the North/South divide... Though I must say (no offence) that Emma was getting right on my nerves when she was saying 'tret' instead of 'treat' (example of line 'I'll be tret like a leper) But then I get annoyed when people say strenth instead of strength The Pedantic Sim x |
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Coronation Street. It has some of the most well known, experienced actors in the country: Curly Watts, Mike Baldwin, Ken Barlow. Also, I'm fairly certain it has the best new talent too -Joe Carter, David Platt.
What!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Hmmm i think Steve Mcfadden, Martin Kemp, Shane Richie are more known than the corrie actors. And the females are more well known Barbra Windsor, June Brown. People from EE go on to do other well know things |
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you're right
Corrie actors are generally known as Corrie actors only - and pretty bad ones most EE actors are either old faces or go on to bigger and better things Corrie = actor's death |
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Although I am HUGE EE fan
I must say that whilst I agree EE actors are better/go onto better things/old famous faces, I must also say that Corrie has done the same too Bernard Cribbins Roy Hudd Ralf Little Joanna Lumley was in Corrie, as was Davy Jones (The Monkees), I think Ben Kingsley briefly appeared.... Prunella Scales, Martin Shaw, Michael Elphick, Pete Postlethwaite, Kevin Whately as well as many others! And who can forget the live episode with Prince Charles, Trevor McDonald and Noddy Holder! |
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Re: Corrie v Eastenders
1.Pub - Rovers Return
2.Theme tune - EastEnders 3.Male acting ability - Coronation Street 4.Female acting ability - Coronation Street 5.Humor - Coronation Street 6.Setting - Coronation Street 7.Villain - Richard (Corrie) 8.Channel - ITV 9. Variation and intrest of storylines - Coronation Street 10. Best soap - Coronation Street CORRIE - 7/10 EASTENDERS - 3/10 ![]() *damo |
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1.Pub - Rovers Return (esp. with Alfie)
2.Theme tune - EastEnders 3.Male acting ability - EE 4.Female acting ability - Coronation Street 5.Humor - Coronation Street 6.Setting - Coronation Street 7.Villain - Has to be Trevor - I really hated him! 8.Channel - BBC 9. Variation and intrest of storylines - Coronation Street 10. Best soap - Coronation Street CORRIE - 5/10 EASTENDERS - 5/10 |
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Quote:
Originally posted by Newton Huh??? Now that would be some transfer deal! Might even rival talk of Beckham going to Real Madrid. 1.Pub - Rovers Return (esp. with Alfie)
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Here are the results from the Norwegian jury:
1.Pub - Rovers Return for tackiness alone. Plus excellent "open plan" quality lends itself to eavesdropping sub-plots etc. 2.Theme tune - Corrie theme tune - doleful and expressive, deftly straddles the pathos-humour thang 3.Male acting ability - Corrie actors, with the exception of Shane Ritchie 4.Female acting ability - Corrie actresses, with the exception of June Brown 5.Humor - Corrie. The only thing about Stenders that even comes close is the choice of background music 6.Setting - Albert Square - less didactic, more three dimensional 7.Villain- EE Trevor or Corrie Richard H - dead heat. Phil M doesn't get a look in. 8.Channel - ITV, but only for the convenient loo-breaks 9. Variation and intrest of storylines - Corrie, by a whisker. Eastenders if you'd have asked this about two years ago. 10. Best soap - Corrie, on the grounds of longevity, script, humour and characterisation |
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